Gas-purifier.



F. E. MODLIN.

GAS PURIFIER.

7 APPLICATION men DEC.28. I917.

1,3 1 6, 330. Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

auoentoz UNITED STAT A oFFIoE.

rm]: E. ,MODLIN, or roar wow, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO 2. E. MILLER, or rmam owner, TEXAS.

GAS-YURIFIER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

Application filed December 28, 1917. Serial No. 209,334.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that'I, FRANK E. MonmN, a citizen of the United, States, residing at Fort "Vorth, in the county of T'arrh-nt and bination and arrangement of parts and in' the details of construction hereinafter de scribed and "claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the/spirit of the invention. In 'the accompanying drawing, which shows the preferred form of the invention, the separatorhas been shown in vertical section. I v

The separator includes casing 19 and vertically spaced revcrsel inclined partitions 21, 22 and 23 extending from the opposite ends of the casing and having their v I l The gas in entering the separatorifr'om-the upper ends connected thereto and their lower ends spaced from the opposite ends. The lowermost partition 21 preferably provides the bottom of the casing, and the pipe 24 is connected to one end of the casing to admit the gas thereinto above the upper end of the uppermost partition '23, while the gas outlet pipe 26 is connected to the opposite end of the casing above the lower end of the lowermost partition 21.

Each of/the lpartition 21, 22 and 23 are provided 'ivith upstanding bafiies 27, and depending hafiles 28 are hung rigidly from the partitions 22 and 23 and the top of the casing between the hailles 27 to provide for a zig zaggcd flow of the air in each of the longi .tudinal passages formed by the partitions.

The bailles 27 of each set. with the exception of the, baffle at the lower end ofthe respective partition, are provided with lower drain apertures 29 for the flow of the tar and other impurities down the partition past said baf- "fie/8d A vertical drain pipe 31 has its upper end connected to the lower portion of the partition 23 for the discharge of impurities flowing down the partition 23 and stopped by the baffle 27 at the lower end of said par tition. The drain pipe 31 extends downwardly through the partition 22 near the upper end thereof and also ex'tendsdownwardly through the lower portion of the partition or bottom 21. Thepipe 31 has an aperture 32 immediately above the partition 22 for the downward flow of liquids arrested by the bafiie 27 at the upper end of the partition 22, and said pipe is further provided with a drain aperture 33 immediately above the lower portion of the partition 21 for the downward flow of the liquid stopped by the battle 2'? at the lower end of the partition 21. A depending drain pipe 34 is connected to the partition 22 near the lower end for the downward flow of liquid stopped by the haflie 27 at the lower end of saidpartition. A drain pipe 35 is also connected to'the lower portion of the partition 21 at that side of the corresponding baflie opposite to the drain pipe 31, for the downward fl ow of liquids where the gas passes out of the separator. The drain pipes 31 and 35 depend within a liquid seal vessel or trap 36 having the overflow opening or pipe 37 through which the liquid within the trap overflows, said trap sealing the drain pipes and; pre-' venting the escape of gas therethrough.

pipe 232 must move through a zig-zagged course past the upper set of baffles 27 and 28 above the partition 23 and thence passes downwardly under said partition tomo've through a zig-zagged course between the partitions 22 and 23. From the lower end of the partition 22, the gas passesdownwardly underneath said partition and again moves through a zigzagged course between the 'parflow to the lower ends of the partition's21' and 23 can-ipass down through the drain pipe 31, and the impurities can also flow downwardly through the said drain pipe from the upper portion of the partition 22; The impurities amflfndueted. from "the lower portion of the partition 22 through the drain pipe 34 to the upper portion of the partition 21. The passages formed by the partitions not only extend back and forth, but the bafiles Within said passages provide for the zig-zag flow of the gas within each passage, thereby providing a compact and effective arrangement.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is In a gas separator a casing having a gas inlet at the top of one end and a gas outlet at the bottom of its other end, the bottom of the casing being inclined downwardly toward the outlet end, upstanding bafiles provided with drain. openings through the lower ends thereof and integral with the bottom of the casing, an imperforate bafiie upon said bottom and close to the gas outlet, a trap below the casing, a drain pipe opening into the trap from the space between the imperforate bafile and the gas outlet, upper and lower oppositely inclined partitions within and the bottom of the casing, all of the upwardly extendingbaffiesexcept those at the lower ends of thepartitions and one at the upper end of the lower partition being'pro- .vided with drain openings therethrough at their lower ends, a drain pipe for receiving material trapped at the lower end-of the lower partition and dischargingit onto the.

upper end of the bottom ofthe casing. In testimony that I claim the foregoing. as

my own, I have hereto afiixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

i FRANK E. MODLIN.. Witnesses:

P. E; MILLER, GEO. E. Mnmn. 

